This week seminar -monday 23 th- was not only interesting,
it was-like it used to be so far- very instructive, with all
these guest speakers sessions managed by Dr Bill Director of
Cronkite Global Initiatives, to strengthen our knowledge on
how things work in America. I was more amazed by this
courageous job en route by around 20 students under News
21 Multimedia projects, whose team work is leading to an
increasing of great investigative stories on Major issues
faced by people in the US: for instance they are
highlighting bad life conditions of many military veterans
who are claiming their right to live a decent life after
what they have experienced, and overcome during war, to
claim their rights shortly. Such a work in which, each team
member has his task, and knows who is doing what, under the
guidance of a leader, for instance the multi-awarded in
investigative field and Executive Editor of Carnegie Knight
News 21 Jacquee Petchel, let see how great job can be done
by an organized team. The student have presented their own
work “Back Home”: A News 21 investigation of the
challenges facing Post 9/11 Veterans”. Incredible
stories of veterans, encountering difficulties to get their
-after services- money from the government, waiting too much
time to quickly benefit from psychological and medical
assistance, at the risk of getting crazy and end with
suicide. Abandoned veteran women victims of sexual
assaults…A manner to engage the public opinion about
what is happening to those who accepted to go and fight away
under the national flag, a soon as they are back home-for
whom who were not killed-the huge issues faced by most of
them among which disabled for life veterans.
For less than that, soldiers in fury in less democratic country, for example, could terrorize people in a violent protest – provoking seriously injuried people, women to be raped by random, retails store to be vandalized and so…That seems to be germs of peace threatening . Those people seeking to stay in peace after what they knew in such a war, are in a sorry sight. This looks like the junction between Positive and Negative peace, let’s say shortly the PEACE, people in every stage of the US administration should have to pay attention, whether they didn’t know about that , as well. That is the way for leaders to demonstrate their commitment in peace seeking. So let me by this way end with this quote that gives pause for thought “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, Justice, Honor, Duty, Mercy, Hope.” Winston Churchill.
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The News21 Veterans project has really done a remarkable in telling the ‘untold’ stories of these veterans. Brilliant piece of work.